Clinical impact of transcutaneous bilirubinometry as an adjunctive screen for hyperbilirubinemia

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 581-586

  Dai, Jian ^a   Krahn, John ^a   Parry, David M ^a  

^a ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

jaundice meter; neonatal jaundice; TcB index; transcutaneous bilirubinometry

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0030561465     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9120(96)00104-X     Document Type: Article

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